compared to previous year vs compared with previous year

Both 'compared to previous year' and 'compared with previous year' are commonly used and accepted in English. They are interchangeable and can be used interchangeably without any significant difference in meaning.

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compared to previous year

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate a comparison between the current year and the year before it.

Examples:

Sales increased by 10% compared to the previous year.
The population growth this year was lower compared to the previous year.

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It is expected that the declaration procedure will not substantially change compared to previous years.
Recently, there has been some improvement in the situation in Belarus compared to previous years.
There has certainly been some progress on those two counts this year, compared to previous years.
The following table shows the position compared to previous years:
For the reasons presented above, payment appropriations will certainly require a significant increase as compared to previous years.
That resulted in a sharp decline in capacity utilisation in the IP, compared to previous years.
There is not much of a report on progress in country situations compared to previous years .
Following a new European Commission policy requiring extensive justification for any multiple applications, the number of such applications fell compared to previous years.
In late 2009 and in early 2010, China's savings rate might well have remained at 50% of GDP had its trade surplus not narrowed significantly compared to previous years.
Furthermore, the investigation did not show that the Community industry increased its export sales in 1998 or even in 1999 compared to previous years.
It also has to include a complete task list giving a clear indication which tasks have been added compared to previous years.
The consumption of the product concerned in the Union has decreased by 11 % in the RIP compared to previous years.
The progress of partner countries shall be regularly assessed, in particular by means of ENP progress reports which include trends as compared to previous years.
In case the number of vessels operating under paragraph 3(a) is considered to be unusually high as compared to previous years' operations, the European Commission could raise this matter with the Committee to adopt appropriate measures to remedy the situation.
The content of the document submitted by the Commission, too, has undergone a significant change compared to previous years, and it points in the right direction.
The number of new applications in 2002 has slightly decreased compared to 2001 and there was an increase in the number of arbitrations from variation applications compared to previous years.
In addition, the capacity utilisation rate of the sampled Union producers went down compared to previous years but was still at the level of 65 % in the IP.
The figures for 2006 record that the Ombudsman received 3830 complaints, 2% fewer than in 2005, but at the same record level attained in 2004, which represented a 53% increase compared to previous years.
The figures for 2006 record that the Ombudsman received 3830 complaints, 2% fewer than in 2005, but at the same record level attained in 2004, which represented a 53% increase compared to previous years.
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Alternatives:

compared with the previous year
in comparison to the previous year
when compared to the previous year
against the previous year
as compared to the previous year

compared with previous year